Neighborhood Networks Conference

As we've explained in earlier posts, we are a part of a national initiative called Neighborhood Networks. Neighborhood Networks, through the US Department of Housing & Urban Development, began this initiative in 1995 to provide technology access and other resources in HUD-insured or HUD-assisted properties.

Next week Neighborhood Networks is hosting one of its two Regional Technical Assistance Workshops (RTAWs) here in Nashville! We are very excited to host this year and are especially excited that they are bringing 50 RTAW participants to our center for a tour on Friday. We were the first in the country to become a MODEL center (the highest level) in Neighborhood Networks classification system and will be offering participants a chance to see what we do in action.

All of that said, next Friday will be a busy day and we will likely not have a post. But look for a new one early the next week with pictures from the event!

English Class Field Trip

This week one of our adult English classes went on a field trip! Bill Myers, husband of our English teacher Bonnie Myers, invited the students to see his one man art show on the campus of Belmont University. Here are some pictures from the trip!

Bonnie explains some of Bill's work to the students.

Miss Annie all dressed up for the occasion.

Monica signing the guestbook

Painting the Town Red... And the Water Blue!

Our middle and high school students are working on filling in a 7' x 5.5' map of the world! The map, printed on 64 sheets of paper and hung on our wall is just an outline of continents... the youth are doing the rest!

Mr. Adam and Annan start working on the map.

Annan has made it his special project to color in all the water! A really good way to learn that water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface!